Grape Cucumber Pear Juice

I get the feeling that everyone who owns a juicer is juicing this week. Am I right or am I right? I was toying with the idea of doing another 3-day juice cleanse this week, but my head's not there yet. I've got have a whole box of crackers in the pantry and a few coconut lime bars (recipe soon!) to eat through first. I did however, juice til dinner on Saturday and that felt pretty great.

In the 3 Day Cleanse book, they describe this juice as being "very clean tasting." After my eat week, that was all I needed. The grapes are sweet & juicy. The pear & cucumber are both pleasantly mellow and the ginger is a nice kick in the pants. This what I like to call a spa juice. Put some cucumber slices on your eyes, wrap a towel around your head and drink away. Clothing is totally optional.

And we're off!

There's nothing to it. Just fruits & a veg.

And juice!

And JUICY JUICE.

Spa juice! You'll see what I mean.

Hey! If you're new to juicing or curious about it, check out my Juicing 101 post. I show you my juicer & how I use it.

That green looks a little daunting until you realize it's grapes and pear. . . and cucumber! That's a great combo. Sounds like something my body would enjoy right about now - I don't have my own juicer, so maybe I'll go shopping at Costco today and persuade the guy at the demo counter to make one for me

You are so right! I pulled out the juicer last weekend and I've been making so much green juice the past few days and it feels so good. I've never tried juicing grapes (duh!) so I can't wait to add them into my mix!

Hi Tracy! I just started reading your blog after listening to your first podcast with Joy (loving the podcasts so far!) and it is so cool to see your photos and props and such after hearing you talk about them. This juice looks so refreshing and delicious!

I will try this as I am always looking for more cleansing juices. I make a similar cleanse juice. I use my vita mix and put in 3-4 kale leaves, 1 whole cucumber and 2 granny smith apples plus about 2 cups of water and some ice. It's refreshing!

I really need to try this. Juicing always seemed silly to me, but the more I hear about it, it is starting to sound really good and really good for you. I never thought I'd like it, but this really looks/sounds tasty. I may have to get a juicer!! I wonder if I could try using a food processer or blender first to see if I like it.

"so sweet and juicy!" I know I'm gonna sound like a nut, but there is this Regina Spektor song - I think it's called "Tangerine" - if you don't know it, it's like a bit of a throwback-sounding song and it has a rad bass and at one point she sings "so sweet and juicy!!" and that's what popped into my head when I read this post. sorry, but I had to share...it's been a long day and I'm feelin' a bit punchy (pun intended). LOL

Oh yes, I think everyone's juicing this week (or thinking about it). I want to do the BPC 3-day juice cleanse and am going back and forth on dropping that much cash on three days of juice!! Is it worth it?? I could do it with my own juicer, but that would be TONS of cleanup all day for three days. (And probably not near as tasty). Or go to Whole Foods and get their fresh juice, but probably not the same quality considering they use a centrifugal juicer. Hmmm.....

Leslie, it is DEF worth it. when I did my first cleanse (I used BPC's 3 day cleanse book), I spent about that much on organic produce. Plus, the time it took to prepare everything and clean the machine was so time consuming. I love making juices on my own, howev, if I cleanse from now on, I'd rather someone else do all the work for me. Makes getting through the cleanse that much easier and I need all the help I can get. haha. I follow their facebook page and they recently posted an increased group discount (3 people or more is 15% and 8 people or more is 20%). Good way to save money.

Thanks, good to know! Well, that makes me feel good just to go for the BPC knowing that the produce itself would cost about the same. And I'd probably go through a lot more since my juicer is centrif., over the BPC's hydraulic press, which extracts a lot more....

I have a juicing question, will the juice last longer than a day? Like can you make a couple day's worth at a time, or does it start to degrade after a few hours? Maybe a dumb question, but I don't know!

Mom just gave me her old juicer at Christmastime! Can't wait to try this juice and all the juices you post!!
I just did the Apple, Beet (i juiced the beet greens too) and Carrot tonight! It was sooo good, I'm hooked!
Love your blog and the homefries podcast!